Job Summary: The Pharm Patient Asst Prog Coord is responsible for generating reports, verifying insurance coverage and facilitating the utilization of drug manufacturer’s prescription drug patient assistance programs to decrease pharmaceutical losses to the hospital district resulting from “indigent” patients. Essential Job Functions Accountabilities: Assists in identifying patients who are eligible for drug assistance programs. Contacts manufacturers for eligibility criteria and application forms for drug assistance programs. Communicates with each patient’s nurse, physician and key people from Pharmacy, the Business Office, and Information Systems to acquire needed information. Maintains documentation for all programs to include information from drug companies, all patients enrolled and medications received. Maintains an inventory of all medications received in the PAP department. Assists in proper receipt, verifying shipments and dispensing of medications to patients and or other pharmacies. Prepares monthly and quarterly reports of all drug cost savings and sends to Finance in a timely manner. Prepares financial, eligibility, pharmacy and PAP submission information for external pharmaceutical audits. Utilizes the PhRMAs (The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America) Directory of Prescription Drug Patient Assistance Programs. Performs quality assurance measures prior to submitting reimbursement reports to manufacturers. Verifies patient’s insurance status, indigent status and illegal status. Prepares and tracks prescriptions to be mailed out to patients. Prepares and tracks bulk submissions to be sent to outreach pharmacies. Keeps track of all submissions, receipt of medication, pending applications, denied applications in the patient assistance software and excel tracking programs. Accounts for all drug according to invoice. Label all medication with proper labeling to identify as Patient Assistance medication. Analyzes medical records for third party drug coverage or indigent programs. Job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and may be subject to change with or without notice. Staff are expected to perform other duties as assigned.